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Muslim group seeks rehiring of NY Walmart worker

HAMBURG, N.Y. — A Muslim advocacy group is asking Walmart to rehire a New York worker who posted derogatory comments about Muslim customers on Facebook and was fired last week.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations said Friday that employee Terry Earsing has offered a sincere apology.

Earsing was the assistant manager at the Walmart in Hamburg, just south of Buffalo. Along with a picture of Muslim women in traditional dress, his expletive-filled posting read: "Halloween came early this year. ... Do they really have to ... dress like that."

Earsing was fired after the group asked Walmart to take disciplinary action against him. But a spokesman says CAIR never sought his firing.